Slave Quotes

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Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labour of slaves. — James Madison
In contemplating the pecuniary resources needed for the removal of such a number to so great a distance [freed slaves to Africa], my thoughts and… — James Madison
I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we do is to improve it, if… — Patrick Henry
Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive… — George Washington
Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble… — George Washington
The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use… — George Washington
Religion! but for thee, prolific fiend, Who peoplest earth with demons, hell with men, And heaven with slaves! — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Strange a God who mouths Golden Rules and forgiveness, then invented hell; who mouths morals to other people and has none Himself; who frowns upon… — Mark Twain
Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise. He has not the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The first step is for man to cease to be the slave of man. The second, is to cease to be the slave of the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
They are deceived who flatter themselves that the ignorant and debased slave has no conception of the magnitude of his wrongs. They are deceived who… — Solomon Northup
Just as I sit down to meditate, all the vilest subjects in the world come up. The whole thing is nauseating. Why should the mind… — Swami Vivekananda
We have songs and we have smiles; that is the beauty of 3HO. We have many, many songs and we have very, very, very many… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He,… — James Burgh
I acknowledge that such a debt [of service to my fellow-citizens] exists, that a tour of duty in whatever line he can be most useful… — Thomas Jefferson
The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were… — Danny Glover
No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. — James Burgh
Go forth! Carry the good tidings to the poor, bind the wounds of the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom to slaves, open the doors of prisons to… — Pope Benedict XVI
Nothing perceivable is real.Your attachment is your bondage. You cannot control the future.There is no such thing as free will. Will is bondage.You identify yourself… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
If the mind, that rules the body, ever so far forgets itself as to trample on its slave, the slave is never generous enough to… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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